{"id":9672,"date":"2011-04-18T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T08:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2011-04-15T09:53:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T08:53:48","slug":"if-you-believe-in-equality-please-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/04\/18\/if-you-believe-in-equality-please-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"If you believe in equality please comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government is undertaking an absurd exercise called the Red Tape Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>It is biased against all regulation because, of course, they think that impedes 'competition' when it actually seeks to create a level playing field.<\/p>\n<p>One of the consultations is on equality regulation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk\/equalities\/\">They say:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Equality regulations are designed to help ensure fairness in the workplace and in wider society. They include regulations and laws on discrimination and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the Equality Act 2010 here<\/p>\n<p>Tell us what you think should happen to this Act and why, being specific where possible:<\/p>\n<p>Should they be scrapped altogether?<br \/>\nCan they be merged with existing regulations?<br \/>\nCan we simplify them \u2014 or reduce the bureaucracy associated with them?<br \/>\nHave you got any ideas to make these regulations better?<br \/>\nDo you think they should be left as they are?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note the inherent bias in the questioning and their ordering.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe in equality.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that regulation promotes equality.<\/p>\n<p>If you believe regulation protects those who suffer from discrimination. <\/p>\n<p>Please say so. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk\/equalities\/\">Leave a comment on the government web site.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is undertaking an absurd exercise called the Red Tape Challenge. It is biased against all regulation because, of course, they think that impedes<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/04\/18\/if-you-believe-in-equality-please-comment\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}